Stage 9 saw a shortened day of racing at the Tour de France due to red-alert heatwave conditions across the Massif Central.
The day saw four fines in total, with UAE Team Emirates-XRG rider Adam Yates and team manager Jose Antonio Fernandez handed fines for irregular feeding for a short distance.
In addition to them, Bruno Thibout, moto-info, and Kim Tiebregyn, pilote TV-moto, were fined 500 CHF for breach of regulations or guidelines concerning vehicle movements during the race.
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Over the three weeks and 21 days of racing in a Grand Tour, there are many chances for riders and teams to break rules – purposefully or inadvertently – during the Tour, varying from minor infractions to more serious incidents.
Penalties can be picked up for lots of different things, spanning from small things like feeding too late into a stage or dropping litter outside of the designated zone, to bigger issues like dangerous sprint deviations and or prolonged sticky bottles.
Punishments can come in the form of cash fines, ranging from a few hundred Swiss francs or into the thousands (fines are always handed out in Swiss francs, CHF, which is the currency of the UCI). Riders can also be punished with time deductions, point deductions in certain classifications, relegation, even disqualification for the most serious infringements.
The penalties are generally proportional to the offence, for example dropping litter may be a cash fine, but a sticky bottle that saw a rider save time might get hit with a time penalty. Cash fines are generally deducted from the team's prize money haul at the end of the race.
Infractions that are considered dangerous can also earn a rider a yellow card, a system brought in a couple of years ago. If a rider or staff member receives more than one yellow card in the same race, they are disqualified and suspended for seven days. Three in 30 days earns a 14-day suspension, whilst six in a year means a 30-day suspension – though this is yet to happen.
Penalties are handed out by the race jury and recorded in each day's communiqué.
Below, we are tracking all penalties handed out to riders, and some of the notable fines for team staff, during the 2026 Tour.
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Tour de France 2026 fines, penalties and yellow cards
Stage 2
- Pablo Castrillo (Movistar) - 200CHF for sticky bottle
- Jose Joaquin Rojas (Movistar DS) - 500CHF for sticky bottle
- Bostian Kavcnik (UAE Team Emirates mechanic) - 500CHF fine and yellow card for irregular assistance of a rider
Stage 3
- Andrej Hauptman (UAE Team Emirates DS) - 500CHF fine and yellow card for breach of regulations concerning vehicle movements during the race
- Daan Hoole (Decathlon CMA CGM) - 200CHF for sticky bottle
- Luke Rowe (Decathlon CMA CGM DS) - 500CHF for sticky bottle
- Clément Braz Afonso (Groupama-FDJ United) - 200CHF for sticky bottle
- Yvon Caer (Groupama-FDJ United DS) - 500CHF for sticky bottle
- Raphael Meyer (Tudor Pro Cycling staff) - 200CHF for non-compliance during feeding
- Sébastien Hinault (Cofidis DS) - 200 CHF for inappropriate behaviour during feeding
- Patxi Vila (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) - 200 CHF for inappropriate behaviour during feeding
- Jean Antoine Ponce (Pilot TV) - 500CHF fine and yellow card for breach of regulations concerning vehicle movements during the race
- Kurt Vandeborre (Pilot Photo) - 500CHF fine and yellow card for breach of regulations concerning vehicle movements during the race
Stage 4
- Vlad Van Mechelen (Bahrain-Victorious) - 500CHF and 25 UCI points for disposing of waste outside litter zone
- Kelland O'Brien (Jayco-AlUla) - OTL
Stage 5
- Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Lotto Intermarché DS) - Yellow card, 500CHF for 'breach of regulations or guidelines concerning vehicle movements during the race or failure to comply with the instructions of commissaires'
- Christoph Roodhooft (Alpecin-Premier Tech driver) - 500CHF for 'breach of regulations or guidelines concerning vehicle movements during the race or failure to comply with the instructions of commissaires' and 200CHF for 'Failing to respect the instructions of the organiser or commissaires'
Stage 6
- Yankee Germano (Soudal-Quickstep staff) - 250CHF, yellow card for 'Non-compliance with the article 2.3.025 by a team assistant during feeding (inappropriate positioning)'
Stage 7
- Frederik Willems (Alpecin-Premier Tech DS) - two 500CHF fines for riders disposing of waste or other objects outside the litter zone.
Stage 8
- Olav Kooij (Decathlon CMA CGM) - Warning for intimidation during the sprint.
- Biniam Girmay (NSN Cycling Team) - Warning for intimidation during the sprint.
- Enrico Gasparotto (Bahrain Victorious - DS) - Warning for exiting the lane without using the turn signal
- Christoph Roodhooft (Alpecin-Premier Tech DS) - Fine 500CHF for breach of regulations or guidelines concerning vehicle movements during the race or failure to comply with the instructions of commissaires and/or the organisation
Stage 9
- Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) - Fine of 200 CHF for irregular feeding (“sticky bottle” for a short distance)
- Jose Antonio Fernandez (UAE Team Emirates-XRG - DS/manager) - Fine of 500 CHF for irregular feeding (“sticky bottle” for a short distance)
- Bruno Thibout - Moto-Info- Fine of 500 CHF for breach of regulations or guidelines concerning vehicle movements during the race.
- Kim Tiebregyn - Pilote TV-moto - Fine of 500 CHF for breach of regulations or guidelines concerning vehicle movements during the race.
